Red meat: properties and benefits for your health
There is considerable confusion over the definition of red meat and white meat. But what are red meats and what are their properties and benefits for health? We have already dealt with the differences between white meat and red meat and how to distinguish them, finally coming to the conclusion that, from the nutritional point of view, they are not so different and both have many beneficial properties for our health . After examining what are the white meats and their characteristics, we now analyse red meats and their properties. The meat of cattle , sheep and goats , pigs and horses are classified as red meat for the colour of fresh meat, due to the higher myoglobin content than that of poultry and fish, making the difference only from a chromatic point of view . Therefore, even pork and veal, for which today there is much confusion, are classified as red meat, even if...